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Gwilym Euros Roberts (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This letter appeared in today's Cambrian News: Our school places cost less, so can we pay less? Madam, In response to all the letters about the proposed school closures, I pay the same council tax, income tax and national insurance as the writer last week, and my son attends Ysgol Penybryn in Tywyn. As a parent within this area I can appreciate other parents and local councillors fighting to keep their...
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Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Anyone who saw the BBC Wales news last night might have seen Peter Hain and Elfyn Llwyd live outside Westminster, discussing the war in Afghanistan, the human cost of which is rising on a weekly basis. Afghanistan is one of the biggest political issues for the people of Wales at present, but Peter Hain's defence of the unwinnable conflict was flimsy at best. Sending more troops will mean causing more...
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Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Thanks to one of David Cornock's tweets, I watched the recording of a debate on the probation service that was held at Westminster on Wednesday. Elfyn Llwyd managed to secure the debate (which is in itself no mean feat) and it went a long way to highlight just how poorly resourced the service is, and the pressures on those who work in it. A major element in the debate was a thirty page document cataloging...
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Gwilym Euros Roberts (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Newydd wylio rhifyn yr wythnos hon o Pawb a'i Farn o Ddolgellau ac er nad oedd hi'n rhaglen mor dda a hynny, yn sicir mi ddaru cwestiwn gan Lisa Francis ynglyn a dyfodol ysgolion cynradd Meirionnydd enyn gryn drafodaeth. Be synodd fi ac yn wir siomodd fi oedd cyn lleied oedd hi'n ymddangos oedd ein Aelod Seneddol yn gwybod am y pwnc. Yn wir, mi ddaru Elfyn Llwyd wneud camgymeriad dybryd pan geisiodd...
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0725 to Paddington (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader, Elfyn Llwyd, has a well-known legal background and has long campaigned for more resources to be allocated to the probation service. The Meirionnydd Nant Conwy MP says probation officers are being asked to do more for...
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David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader. Elfyn Llwyd reveals to readers of Total Politics magazine that the literary character he would most like to be is: "Superman - for obvious reasons." So if you spot the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy flying through the air with his underpants over his trousers you'll know this is a dream come true. It will at least make up...
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Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
One of the Western Mail's better columnists has a disappointing piece in his column in yesterday's Wales On Sunday, although it does now seem that Tony Blair's bid for the new Presidency role in Europe is dead in the water. The pro-Blair hype from all quarters of the media has been lazy and weak. Ordinary people are being expected to somehow support Mr. Blair's ascendancy simply because he is "British",...
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Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
It's Thursday which of course means that it's #bbcqt day again and as usual the Live Chat on this blog will start tonight at 10:30pm. Coming from Llandudno, the panel will include the former home secretary Jacqui Smith MP (wonder what she'll have to say about Professor David Nutt's latest comments about drugs ), shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan MP, the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Lembit...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Plaid Cymru’s failure to send any female MPs to Westminster is a “huge embarrassment”, the party’s parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd admitted last night.
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David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
"Making your spouse your secretary is the best way to avoid the disruption and heartache of making your secretary your spouse." That advice, from the Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn, has been taken by more than a few MPs. It's estimated that around 200 employ relatives, be they spouses, nieces, or parents. Fourteen of the 40 Welsh MPs currently employ staff who are related to them and will...
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David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
What have the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru got in common? Neither has ever sent a woman to Westminster. The Tories hope to change that next year but for Plaid Cymru it may be more of a challenge. The party's shortlist for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr contains four would-be candidates linked by one thing - their gender. Little wonder then that Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader says it's "a...
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Pendroni (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
This is the first time I've had the chance to sit down and write about the campaign launch that took place last Friday night. The evening took place in Machynlleth Rugby Club, and luckily a large crowd turned up, with over sixty in total. Needless to say I was delighted. I was very lucky that Dafydd Iwan, Dafydd Wigley, Elfyn Llwyd, Hywel Williams and Gwenllian Lansdown all to came along to say a few...
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David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
This won't come as news to those of you who've already had your weekly dose of Dragon's Eye , but some don't catch the programme until BBC Parliament airs it on Sunday and others record it to watch at their leisure. (Spoiler alert as they say on movie previews) A gold star to my colleague Bethan James who succeeded where I - and a Plaid Cymru spin doctor - failed in getting to the bottom of the tensions...
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Pendroni (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Wel helo pawb. Jest eisiau eich atgoffa ynglyn a noson ail-lawnsio'r Blaid a hefyd lawnsio fy ymgyrch nos Wener yma, 16eg o Hydref yng Nghlwb Rygbi Machynlleth o 7pm ymlaen. Nifer o wleidyddion Plaid - Dafydd Wigley, Elfyn Llwyd, Dafydd Iwan, Hywel Williams, Gwenllian Landsown a fi - a hefyd y band ffantastig, Gwibdaith hen Fran. Tocynnau yn £5 - cysylltwch gyda mi ar heledd@gmail.com os ydych...
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Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
It has been argued elsewhere that we do not have a Presidential system and that therefore the series of Leaders debates that now look like taking place are at odds with our Parliamentary system. The Prime Minister after all is not directly elected but is appointed by the Queen once she is satisfied that he or she can command a majority in the House of Commons, or has the best chance of forming a government...
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